High-value components and bioactives from sea cucumbers for functional foods—a review

S Bordbar, F Anwar, N Saari - Marine drugs, 2011 - mdpi.com
Sea cucumbers, belonging to the class Holothuroidea, are marine invertebrates, habitually
found in the benthic areas and deep seas across the world. They have high commercial …

Triterpene biosynthesis in plants

R Thimmappa, K Geisler, T Louveau… - Annual review of …, 2014 - annualreviews.org
The triterpenes are one of the most numerous and diverse groups of plant natural products.
They are complex molecules that are, for the most part, beyond the reach of chemical …

Saponins and their role in biological processes in plants

A Faizal, D Geelen - Phytochemistry reviews, 2013 - Springer
Saponins are steroid and triterpenoid glycosides that display diverse biological activities.
The wide-spread occurrence in plants as well as the potential for pharmaceutical application …

The saponins–polar isoprenoids with important and diverse biological activities

A Osbourn, RJM Goss, RA Field - Natural product reports, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: up to the end of 2010 Saponins are polar molecules that consist of a triterpene or
steroid aglycone with one or more sugar chains. They are one of the most numerous and …

Saponin: properties, methods of evaluation and applications

E Moghimipour, S Handali - Annual Research & Review in …, 2014 - journal.send2sub.com
Saponins are secondary metabolites with high molecular weight. They present in a wide
range of plant species and are distributed throughout the bark, leaves, stems, roots and …

Anticancer activity of sea cucumber triterpene glycosides

DL Aminin, ES Menchinskaya, EA Pisliagin… - Marine drugs, 2015 - mdpi.com
Triterpene glycosides are characteristic secondary metabolites of sea cucumbers
(Holothurioidea, Echinodermata). They have hemolytic, cytotoxic, antifungal, and other …

Glycosides

M Bartnik, P Facey - Pharmacognosy, 2024 - Elsevier
Widely distributed in plants, glycosides comprise a large group of secondary metabolites.
Gycosides are structurally diverse and given their proven bioactivities and traditional use …

Saponins of North Atlantic Sea Cucumber: Chemistry, health benefits, and future prospectives

OF Fagbohun, JS Joseph, OV Oriyomi… - Marine Drugs, 2023 - mdpi.com
Frondosides are the major saponins (triterpene glycosides) of the North Atlantic sea
cucumber (Cucumaria frondosa). Frondosides possess amphiphilic characteristics due to …

The gastrointestinal behavior of saponins and its significance for their bioavailability and bioactivities

JN del Hierro, T Herrera, T Fornari, G Reglero… - Journal of Functional …, 2018 - Elsevier
Saponins are bioactive compounds of increasing interest. The events that take place during
digestion are highly related to their bioactivities, because saponins are poorly absorbed and …

Identifikasi kandungan saponin dalam ekstrak kamboja merah (Plumeria rubra L.) dan daya surfaktan dalam sediaan kosmetik

F Nurzaman, J Djajadisastra, B Elya - Jurnal Kefarmasian Indonesia, 2018 - jkefarind.com
Saponin is a group of compounds contained in natural materials that have amphiphilic
properties and can reduce surface tension. The reduction of surface tension caused by a …